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18th September 2026 A man who used his pets to hunt and kill wild animals, including deer and hares, has been jailed and banned from keeping dogs for 15 years. Connor Bradshaw, 27 from Stockton, was jailed for a year after admitting wildlife offences uncovered through information from animal protection charity Naturewatch Foundation. Bradshaw repeatedly …
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15th September 2026 "It's horrible. It's just pure animal cruelty," says a farmer in east Kent who found 22 dead hares laid out in rows in a field. "Some of those hares would have been feeding their young which will now die as well." The farmer, who we are calling Sarah, asked not be be …
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8th September 2026 On Thursday 4th June Phillip Kennedy, 48, kennel huntsman of the Stowe School Beagles – the hunt of the prestigious Buckinghamshire private school of the same name – pleaded guilty to the illegal hunting of a wild mammal with dogs contrary to the Hunting Act 2005 at Northampton Magistrates Court. Stowe School …
28th August 2026 Today the Hunt Saboteurs Association can exclusively reveal the full footage that led to the recent conviction of Stowe School Beagles Kennel Huntsman Philip Kennedy for killing a hare in November 2025. This is the first step in our campaign to shut down this hunt. The footage shows both the extent of …
26th August 2026 Six men have had hare coursing charges against them dropped. Officers responded to reports of cars reportedly involved in the illegal activity near Ludgershall, Wiltshire, in April. One vehicle was stopped by police following a pursuit on the A303 in Hampshire. Paddy Cash, Patrick Connors, John Nicholson, Albert Smith, Joseph Smith and …
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27th August 2026 Two of the three men charged with possession of extreme animal porn have previous hunting related convictions: 16th December 2025 - Got Him At Last SENTENCED | Rural Crime Team officers have successfully secured a criminal behaviour order following a detailed investigation into a report of assault and theft at a hunting …
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26th August 2026 A 21-year-old Minsterworth man is among five people accused of going equipped for illegal hare coursing in Gloucestershire earlier this year. Billy Smith of Starcroft Lane, Minsterworth, is alleged to have been equipped with a car, dogs, lamps and slingshot to search or pursue hares in the Cheltenham area on January 27, …
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24th August 2026 The recent conviction of packs such as the Stowe School Beagles, the Pipewell Foot Beagles and the Dorset & Somerset Bassets have highlighted the ongoing issue of illegal hare hunting. But far from being deterred by their paltry fines, these and other packs will shortly be beginning their programme of illegal leveret …
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30th July 2026 A man has been charged with multiple driving offences following a hare coursing incident near Ludgershall earlier this year. Tommy Frankham, 21, of Sandy Lane in Bushey, Hertfordshire, faces charges of dangerous driving, driving without insurance, failing to stop for police, and using a motor vehicle where the number of passengers carried …
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29th July 2026 The Stowe School Beagles – dubbed “cruel and illegal” by Northamptonshire Police – have won a major prize at hunting’s showcase event, the Festival of Hounds. Stowe School students gloat as the hare is ripped apart. Last week the HSA reported on the event, a dismal gathering of hardcore hunters on a patch of …
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